2019: Walkthrough by: Louis Koot

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Chapter 5: Catalonia: Hacienda Castell dels Saints:

Outside:

George and Nico have traveled to Catalonia and found the hacienda of Tiago Marguès .... the Hacienda Castell dels Saints. George thinks the Hacienda is abandoned but if he and Nico walk into the courtyard someone shoot at them from the house ..... the Hacienda is not that abandoned ... George wants to sneak in while Nico distract the shooter.

So you are Nico. George is on the right and Nico on the left. At Nico, you see that a piece of the wall has disappeared, its a piece of Crumbled Wall. You also see that a piece of iron fence sticks into that piece of the wall. In the tall grass, right in front of Nico, there is a Helmet. In inventory Nico has the Mop, which she used to wipe her neighbor's apartment a little dry.

Take the Helmet from the tall grass and then combine the helmet with the Mop in inventory .... Nico puts the helmet on the Mop .... Take the Mop / Helmet from inventory and click it in the Crumbled Wall and ..... the shooter directs his fire at the helmet and as a result George manages to run to the apple tree, that's to the right side of the fountain.

You are now George again and we meet an old friend .... the Goat ..... The goat is standing by a car wreck and is tied to an old car tire. Behind the goat lies a lot of empty bottles and a lot of apples.. A Side Mirror is placed on the right bumper of the car wreck. You can open the door of the car wreck. On the wall of the fountain stands a little statue. The apples that lie behind the goat are out of reach of the goat ...... 

George is sitting at an apple tree that has also loots of apples. Try to pick an Apple from the apple tree .... but unfortunately .......... the goat doesn't want  George to pick apples and the beast runs towards George and knocks him over .... George loses the fake Provenance because the goat eats this paper. If you click on the goat to pet the animal, you will also lose the photo of Nico. 

You have to avoid the goat when it comes to George .... Click again with your gear cursor on the apples in the tree and ...... While the goat is getting ready to run towards George you quickly move your cursor to the left of George and then quickly click  the "Dodge" arrow, that you get left from George ......

 .....do this before the goat reaches George and .... the goat bumps its head against the tree and as a result 4 apples fall out of the tree. 

Grab the apples and then throw the apples at the pile of bottles behind the goat .....

The goat wobbles to the apples to eat them .... quickly .... click with your grab on the tire and ...... George is going to move the tire closer to the pile of apples .... the goat can now reach that pile of apples and will eat them all .... George will no longer be bothered by goat. Now grab the side mirror  of the car wreck ... George will automatically return to the apple tree. 

In the sky, above the Hacienda, you see the Sun .... Use the car mirror on the sun to blind the shooter around the shooter in the window and ..... 

George runs quickly to the window..... the shooter, an older man, doesn't stay blinded for long and he knows that George is now standing next to his window. On the left is a "Wind Chime", made from old cans. Talk to the old man and use the "Friend" topic and then on the "Marqués" topic and .....

suddenly there is a young woman behind George who puts her gun to his head and takes George back to the fountain ..... 

click on "Eva" and then on "Marqués" ...... However, Eva, the daughter of Marguès, asks for proof that George knows her father ....

.so click on the "La Malediccio" painting and ..... Eva then takes George and Nico inside.

Main Hall

We end up in the main hall. The old Tiago Marqués is here and the shooter was Ramon, the former gardener. Eva brings George and Nico to her father and George hands the "La Malediccio" painting to Marguès. Marguès immediately puts the painting back in its place above the fireplace. Marguès wants to use the instructions on the painting to reveal the "path to the Tabula" but there is a problem ...... the large hall has changed since the painting was painted. Marguès asks George for help.

Open the inventory and right click on Marguès Family Photograph. In the photo you see the father and mother of Marguès and Marguès themselves as a little boy. The photo was taken here in the main hall of the Hacienda and the family is sitting in front of the fireplace. The "La Malediccio" painting hangs above the fireplace. On the photo you can see that there are 2 small and identical statues on the mantelpiece of the fireplace .... these 2 small statues are no longer on the mantelpiece. The left statue is rotated to the left and the right statue is turned to the right. In the photo, click with both eyes on both statues to hear George's comments.

Go out of the close-up and zoom in on the Mantelpiece ..... the 2 identical statues have disappeared but their 2 round plinths are still on the mantelpiece. Look at those 2 round Plinth with your eye ..... George tells you that those 2 pedestals can be rotated. Get out of the close-up again and talk to Marguès and ask him everything about the following topics: "Painting", "Castell dels Saints", "Tabula Veritatis", "Marguès", "Eva" "Gnostics" and the "Medallion" and the "Hobbs' Skets" and do this until you can ask nothing more about it. If you can no longer ask anything about all of these topics, close the conversation screen. 

George has to find those 2 identical statues and place them on their plinths on the mantelpiece. 

Walk to the left .... beneath  a shelf, which is hanging on the left side wall, is a small green statue .... Take that Green Statue

Go through the black door ..... George lands outside on the gallery of the courtyard. You see the double doors to the room where, in the prologue, the father of Marguès has fled to and where he was shot. The 2nd green statue is on the balustrade, but unfortunately it is broken ... the head is off. Take the Broken Green Statue.

In the corner there is a pile of rubble ..... search the rubble with your gears .... but George only sees some bullet shells between the rubble. The double doors are locked so return to the main hall. Back in the main hall you walk to the right and you go out through the front door ..... you can also talk to Ramon first but that is not really necessary now .....  At the fountain are Nico and Eva talking to each other. Nico sees George and walks over to inform him of what she has learned from Eva. Eva remains on guard with her rifle ready. Nico then leaves for the main hall. 

Just in front of George is a Blue Statue on the floor. Take that Blue Statue ..... On the edge of the fountain is the Broken Blue Statue. Take the broken blue statue.

To the left behind Eva is the Sundial. Click with your eye on the Sundial ..... George walks over to it and tells you that the front door of the Hacienda is facing north. If you feel the need, you can chat with Eva about anything and everything, but it is not really necessary. Go back through the front door to the

Main Hall:

Go talk to Nico, who is staring at the fireplace ..... Nico tells George that the fireplace is the same as in the picture of Marguès. Open the inventory and right click on the "Simeon Papers" to have a closer look. You now get the whole poem in your screen ..... The poem consists of 3 paragraphs ).... click with your eye on each paragraph to have it read by George .....

Now the 1st paragraph is important ... George reads: "Clad in Blue, the Perfecti take the form of the spiritual. And look towards the rising sun, towards the Tree of Knowledge. Clad in Green, the Credentes look the other way, towards the setting sun, where die the Tree of life "  In other words ..... Dressed in blue is the perfect view to watch the rising sun ... The sun is coming always up in the east. Dressed in green, the faithful look at the setting sun ... so to the south.

Close the close-up and zoom in again on the mantelpiece. Through the sundial we know that the front door of the large hall faces north. So if you put a statue on the right-hand plinth and that statue looks to the right, then that statue looks north. If you put a statue on the left plinth and that statue looks to the left then that statue looks to the south. 

Now place the broken green statue on the left plinth and place the blue statue on the right plinth ..... The right statue looks to the right and the left statue looks to the left ...... however, nothing happens ... ..You have to rotate both statues so that the right statue looks to the east and the left statue to the west. 

Click 6 times on the base of the green (left) statue ..... the green statue then looks at the painting, so to the west.

Also click 6 times on the base of the right statue and ..... the green statue looks at you so looks north and ....

..........a secret passage / staircase opens up in the fireplace and George and Marguès go up through the secret passage and end up in the chapel.

Chapel

Nico stays behind in the main hall and sees that the secret passage in the fireplace closes again .... a piece of paper is floating on the floor ... Nico picks up the piece of paper and she reads the word "Wolfram" on it ... Ramon hears Nico say the word "Wolfram" and says it is a curse name and spits on it. You are now Nico again and you talk to Ramon about "Ramon" and about "Wolfram".

Ramon tells about Gehnen, the director of the Wolfram mining company. Gehnen killed Xavier, the father of Marguès. Then ask Ramon further about "Xavier" and "Gehnen". Ramon tells that he never have understood why Xavier wanted to escape through the library because, apparently, there was no way out of the library. Ramon also tells that  Gehnen is Swiss and Nico then remembers that the name Gehnen is known to her .... Gehnen was the name on the deed of sale of the "La Malediccio" painting. Ask Ramon further about "Castell Dels Saints" and then about the "Library". Ramon has locked the library but he lost the key when he was once very drunk. Nico would like to look in the library, but then she will first have to find the lost key. Talk to Ramon again and ask him again about the "Library" and .... Ramon says he remembers that he woke up in the old car.

Close the conversation screen and go outside through the front door and walk through the bottom right to the goat and the car wreck. 

Stroke the goat for a moment ..... the goat likes Nico and won't overthrow her. Open the door of the car wreck ..

.it takes Nico some effort but then she looks into the car. Click on the Pillow and then take the Book, which is under the pillow in the chair ......

The Book is Ramon's diary and Nico reads a passage aloud .... Nico reads about the hidden key and about a loving lady with blue eyes. Then the goat steals the diary from Nico's hands. Exit from the car and walk back to the fountain. When Nico is back at the fountain you hear that Wind-chime, which is hanging behind Eva under the gallery on the left. Click with your eye on that Wind-chime and ....... Nico sees that the Wind-chime consists of old cans and she wonders if it was put together by Ramon. Now you can zoom in on the Wind-chime, so do that now .....

Nico walks over to it and you are back in the close-up of the window and the Wind-chime. 1 of the cans is a sardine Tin Can .... click with your eye on the sardine Tin Can and ...... Nico reports that there is something in the sardine tin .... it appears to be a key, so take the Key from the sardine tin ..... it is the key for the library door.

Go back into the Main Hall. Continue to the right and disappear through the black door. Nico also ends up in the garden, where George has previously found the broken green statue. So here is the double door to the library. Walk to the door, take the Castell Library key from inventory and open the doors with it and ..... Nico ends up in the Library:

Library

This is the room where Xavier, Marquès's father, was murdered by Gehnen. In the corner, by the window, is a large Trunk. 

Zoom in on the Trunk and.. Nico pulls open the chest and you then look into the chest. 

There is a rolled up Map in the trunk Take the Map 

Nico spread the card on the desk to view it and .... we switch to the:

Chapel: George:

Marguès tells George what they see on the wall fresco and we see the painting in close-up .... Listen carefully to what Marguès says. The people of Marqués, the Cathars, had to flee on a crusade intended to defeat them. Only a few survived the journey, but they kept the secret of the Tabula Veritatis with them. George thinks there must be a reason that the painting brought him to this chapel ... he must find the secret of the fresco. When Marguès has finished his story you are out of close-up. Talk to Marqués again and ask him about the "Chapel", the "Fresco", the "Khatars", the "Tabula Veritatis" and the "Crusade".

Marguès finds it strange that all Khatars wear a "Tabulas" in the fresco. Probably this is meant to create confusion about the storage place of the real Tabulas. If you can't ask Marqués anything new, close the conversation screen. There is a statue to the left and right of the wall fresco. View 1 of the 2 statues with your eye ..... George sees that both images hold a colored Lens up in their left hand and he asks Marguès about both images.

Marguès says that the left statue represents Jehovah, that is God, and that the right statue represents Lucifer, the Devil ... both are worshiped by the Gnostics. The left statue thus represents God, Jehovah .... Look more closely at the Glass Lens of Jehovah with your eye ..... George tells that the lens is divided into 6 colors and that the lens can be rotated, but that part of the lens is covered. Now zoom in on the Jehovah lens with your magnifier ....... The upper circle of the lens is covered with a leather cover ..... remove the Leather Cover to expose a small crystal lens and.......

Colored light then shines through the lens on the fresco. Get out of the close-u p and zoom in on the Lens of the right statue, the Lucifer statue, and also remove the Leather Cover and step out of the close-up again. Through both lenses, a yellow beam of light shines on the wall fresco. Zoom in again on the fresco.

George reads the Latin inscription and translates it directly into English. The light that falls on the fresco through the 2 lenses is spread over the fresco in many yellow spots. With your eye you can investigate various parts of the Fresco and that is what you have to do .... you will hear George's comments on those parts ... So find all the places on the fresco that you will see and click and then and listen to George's comment. Once you have clicked all the click spots, you step out of the close-up again.

George must rotate the 2 Lenses of the 2 statues, so that the light will shine will shine on the fresco through the lenses in the right color.  Zoom in again on the Lens of Jehovah ... Now click with your gears on the colored segments to turn them and do this until a beam of green light shines through the upper lens towards the fresco. Step out of the close-up and zoom back in on Lucifer's Lens and rotate it until dark blue light shines through the lens to the fresco.

In front of the fresco, and of George and Marqués, stand a large Candelabrum with a candle in it

.Take the loose Safety Matches from inventory and light the candle with it. 

Then take the Medallion from inventory and click it on the candlestick and ......

through the medallion a ray of red light is shining on the fresco and Marguès now sees the route that his ancestors have taken and that route leads to the city on the southern, lower, part of the fresco. .. that city has a characteristic coat of arms .... a blue shield with red and white stripes and white birds.

We then return to the main hall and Nico also comes back from the library. George and Nico inform each other of what they have discovered separately and Nico asks if George wants to bring the painting to the library. Nico then disappears back to the library. 

You are George again and Nico meant the "La Malediccio" painting. So take the "La Malediccio" painting from its place.

Various coats of arms hang on the walls. Walk to the left. There are 5 coats of arms on the wall with the black door. 

View with your eye the left most coat of arms shield

It is the coat of arms of the city that the Khatars fled to and we saw on the fresco .....the name on this coat of arms is "Berga" .... so the city is Berga ..... 

Go through the black door and ..... George and Eva join Nico in the:

Library:

There is a conversation with Nico, who then shows George the map, that she has found in the trunk .... it is Gehnen's map and Nico thinks that the "La Malediccio" painting and the map are related and that it could lead them to the Tabula. When everyone has finished talking, click with your magnifying glass on the table to return to the close-up of Gehnen's Map ...... 

The game tells you what the intention is ...... you have to find the 4 hidden clues in the "La Malediccio" painting and then mark the 4 locations on the map with a red pin from the container. Click "Continue" to click away the text screen ...... George needs some more information first, so we cannot solve this puzzle yet. 

Leave the close-up and zoom in again on the large Trunk, where Nico found the map in. In the trunk we find a pair of shoes, a cover (Oil Cloth), a hat and a shirt. Click the Hat and then the Shirt out of the Trunk and ..... in the next shirt is a Folded Note.....Take this Folded Note....it's a Telegram.....

... you can click the rest of the stuff, apart from the shoes, also out of the box, but George can't find anything else, so when you have taken the telegram you step out of the close-up. Open the inventory and then right click on the Telegram .... You get into:

Telegram puzzle and the Map puzzle

Read the explanation and then click on "continue". The telegram is in a "Substitution Code" ..... Click on the first letter U .... all U's in the telegram turn red and the letters of the alphabet appear in the circles .... click in the alphabet on the letter with which you want to replace the U's in the telegram. Just try ........ I'll give you the first letter ...... The You must be replaced with the T ...... Well ... click on the T and .... all U's are replaced in one fell swoop by the T .......

 keep going until you have deciphered the entire telegram ......... Finally you read ....

"The Tabula Veritatis was smuggled out of Montesgur to Catalonia by a group of Cathar survivors STOP I have confirmed this from confessions extracted from the Dominican inquisitor Eymerich of Girona STOP Tungsten STOP ".

You will go out of the puzzle when you have solved it correctly. You can now solve the map because you now know the 4 locations, so zoom in on the table again to see the close-up of the map ..... we now know the 4 locations and George mentions the 1st automatically and Nico screams that he should mark it on the map. The 1st location is "Monsegur". Take a red pin from the can and pin it on "Monsegur". Then pin a pin on "Berga", "Girona" and "Sant Ramon" 

George  tells you how he got to this location so I don't have to explain this .......When you have pinched the 4 red pins on the right places on the map, a path becomes visible on the map and that path leads to Montserrat, a monastery on a mountain in Catalonia ....... and then .... Langham comes in and he has the old Marguès at gunpoint

Langham's real name is Gehnen ..... he is the grandson of the Gehnen from the map .... Gehnen now also knows the location of the Tabula and he is a follower of Lucifer ..... Gehnen shoots a bullet and disappears to Montserrat with Marguès. George, Nico and Eva are then locked up in the library.

The bullet fired by Gehnen went through the panel wall behind the table and there is now a bullet hole in the wall panel. Click with your eye on the Bullet Hole and ..... daylight shines through the bullet hole ..... the panel is a door ..... now click with your gear on the bullet hole to open the door and .......

Nico, Eva and George  escapes through the secret passage. At the fountain a little chat takes place and then George, Nico and Eva travel on to:

Chapter 6: Montserat: Cableway

2015: Original Dutch Walkthrough by: Louis Koot

2019: This English translation by: Louis Koot